Act of State Doctrine

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1. The act of state doctrine ordinarily concerns judicial restraint regarding which acts? Multiple Choice Easy
2. Which distinction best describes act of state and sovereign immunity? Multiple Choice Easy
3. In PCGG v. Sandiganbayan (2007), did the act of state doctrine bar review of the Philippine agencies’ position regardin… Multiple Choice Easy
4. A suit challenges only a foreign private company’s unpaid ordinary supply contract. No official sovereign act needs to … Multiple Choice Medium
5. A Philippine court is asked to order PCGG to reconsider its opposition to a request to Swiss authorities. The court wou… Multiple Choice Medium
6. A claimant asks a Philippine court to declare a foreign government’s official decree, issued and implemented entirely w… Multiple Choice Hard
7. Officeco asks a Philippine court to require PCGG and OSG to advise Swiss authorities that continued freezing of its acc… Multiple Choice Hard
8. Explain the act of state doctrine and distinguish it from sovereign immunity. Essay Medium
9. Why did the act of state doctrine not defeat the requested relief in PCGG v. Sandiganbayan concerning the Swiss freeze? Essay Medium
10. Compare a claim seeking invalidation of a foreign territorial sovereign decree with one seeking only reconsideration of… Essay Medium
11. According to PCGG’s discussion of Sabbatino, is application of the act of state doctrine itself required by internation… Multiple Choice Easy
12. What territorial feature appears in the classic formulation quoted in PCGG? Multiple Choice Easy